mamilla

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mămilla (incorrectly mamm-; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 36), ae, f. dim. [mamma], a breast, pap, nipple, teat.

I Lit., Vell. 2, 70, 5; Juv. 6, 400: laeva in parte mamillae Nil salit juveni, id. 7, 159: scrofa triginta clara mamillis, id. 12, 74; 13, 163.—As a term of endearment, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 47.—

II Transf., a little pipe joined to a larger one, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2.

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